Water-raising wheel.



J. 0. MoINTOSH.

WATER RAISING WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1912. RENEWED APR. 1, 191's.

1,078,103.v Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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@33 James 0 Mos/v We i Q Ebb COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, D. c.

I J. 0. MGI'NTOSH.

WATER RAISING WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 3, 1912. RENEWED APR.1, 1913.

1,078,103. Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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Inventorlazlfinesses. I l cfames adlflinioofi.

COLUMBIIA PLANouRAPN cu..WA5l-IINIJTON. D- C.

JAMES o. iviem'rds igor o LiI-m'rn, n rvana.

A i RArsme WHEEL} 1 To. all, whom. z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I', Janus 0-. MeInrosH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oaliente, in; the county of LincolnandxState of Nevada, have invented new and. useful Improvements in WatenRaisingWheels, of which the following. is a. specification.

This invention relates to: improvements. in water raising devices, and it is an objec't'of the invention to provide a mechanism by which. water may be raised: from. a moving stream by power derived from; the motion of the stream itself.

It is alsoanobject of the invention: to suspend; a. water wheel. so. that it will engage.

and? bemoved by themoving; water of the river or other stream, and to. provide spiral.

Water pipes adapted to take water from. the river as they are turned: by the: sai'diwheel and to deliver the same into piping or troughsv for distribution.

In the accompanying drawing forming a.

part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a. slde elevation. of; the improved water wheel mechanism as mounted. upon, the bank of a stream. Fig; 2 is an; enlarged end; elevation of the mechanism, looking at one side of the water Wheel, parts being broken away to-show the water lifting tubes. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. of. the stream. engagingiportion of thewater wheel: mechanism, showing the same upon an enlarged scale; 4

is an enlarged fragmentary sectional; view through the central portion of: one of the spiral water taking pipes. Fig, 5 is aside elevation of the framing upon. Which. the wheel mechanism is supported. Fig. 6 isa horizontalv Sectional view, through the hearing which supports thedisehargerpipeof the mechanism. Fig. 7. is a transverse sectional view. through the pipe and thesupport-ing collar therefor atsaid bearingg- The details and. features of saidinvention. will now be more: particularly described, reference being had to' the said drawing; in'

which- 10 indicates: a? water wheel' and 1-1 a water raising; section thereof. The; wheel sections Specification of Letters Patent.

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nary Solidi shaft. as. 12. j ournaled at its: outerand: inner: ends .insupporting bearings 18 and: 14; which. are-carried the lowerend l of supporting links 15 and. 116;. like upper ends. of said; links are connected," by: means of short.- cables: with a supporting arm. or beam 17.. The. saidheam. 17. projects an approximately horizontal position from. a

derrickstandiard 18. which is"; mounted upon.

the adjacent bank ot the stream. Theilbwen end of. said derrick frame is; prefierabl-y fOIlIIlGd'. with: a rocking? or hinge hearing. at 19' so that the upper end: of the. frame may be? moved inwardly and. outwardly to; a. slight extent in adjusting. the height, oifi the wheel: from the stream;

. Mounted adjacent to. the derrick frame 18 is aafsimilari frame 20, preferably an.- ranged; above, the said: frame 18; and. g'enee allyini al-iliement therewith. In the. upper portlon of the said. frame 20. are pu1Ieys .21-. and; 22 over which, bracing cables 23: and 24: pass, their outer ends-being scour-eds. to. the 1.7 by any suitable fastenings while their inner ends extend to a point on. the shore onbank; where they. are secured by means of stakes. 2.5? or'other suitable means;v The upper end. ofth smaller derrick frame 1,8 is preferably provided with a. brace 2 which is usually connected. with. the said. frame by; a. hmge or pivotal; joint and the lower end of said brace-is caused: to rest aga nst a stake-2:?- driivenintothe. banle.

Theinner, section 11 of the waterwheel; is. provided with hollow shaft: forming? a "water discharge pipe 28., Theouter. end? of said shaft is closedwand; isfirmly connected l h a o id shaft 12 so as to. be 'movabl supported. therewith. The inner end; of said.

plpe xtends. e uitabl point. over. the bank of the river pr stream and. is generally left open and caused to discharge: into% a. rough 2.;9 n mtled upon the. bank:

The, d scharge: pipe: 28 forming: the. axle of; the Wheel; section 11; is movably: support;

ed in; bearing eollarBQ- Tlhe: saidcollar 9: a runnions 31 projecting from: the sidesfthereof and engaging slide: bearings 32:whic1 are movably mounted; in. standards. 33;- restingkupon thei'benk of the:stream.-. A

screw 34s ismounted in: the erosshead 3.5 of

Q: said, standards 33' and the'low er end'of said screw has an enlarged head 36 which extends'into a bearing 37 formed in the upper r iqn' f h is arser tv capes holds the head of the sa'idbolt in its hear ing. It will be understood that by turning 'the said screw 34, the collar 30' may be i v up of circular frames 39 which are braced raised or lowered for adjusting the height of the discharge pipe 28. Thelwheel section 10 is preferably made and supported upon radial bars which extend to the center of the wheel and are V i like thexpaddles 40. The centralportion of the :said wheel sectionjll is however, provided with watertaking spiral shaped tubes 43, there being preferably a series of said tubes mounted side by side and arranged so that their inner ends extend to the discharge pipe 28. The inner end of each of said'spiral tubes is formed as shown in Fig. 4 so as to coverflan opening44 made in the discharge pipe 28. The outerends of the spiral tubes are open and usually inclined as-shown' at I 45 facilitating the takingof water by the tubes when they are turned with the current "of the'stream. The action of the tubes in taking water and forcing it to the central discharge pipe 28 is similar to the action of the Archimedean .screw. The said spiral tubes however are arranged in parallel planes to each other as clearly shown in 1 Figs. 1 and 3 and are set so that not all of the-tubes take water at the same time. In

fact they are usually arranged so as to take water-successively eitdiiferent points around 'theperiphery 0f the wheel so that a continuous stream of'water may be forced intoand .through the discharge pipe. 1 H

The spiraltubes may be made of-any desired shape in cross section but they are preferably made rectangular in cross section as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Inasmuch as air I will'be' entrapped in the tubes between each 7 .dippingof-the open end '.:thereof into the water, the said tubes are preferably provided with air. vents 46. A portion of ieaclr vent tube extends parallel with the spiraldirece tion'o'f the bodyportion of the tube itself andithe outer end of'the said tubeis open for permitting the air to escapewhile the inner end is turned inwardly approximately at right angles-t uths body portion thereof and' secured to the spiral tubing at a pointopposite the opening'througlrwhich the water enters the discharge pipe from said tube. The preferable position of the inner vent pipe with respect to its spiral tube is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 'of the drawing. It is also preferable to employ other vent pipes as 47 located near the outer coil of the central pipe as shown in Fig. 2. It will be observed that these vent pipes also enter the spiral tube fl a t right angles thereto so that there is no tendency for the water in the spiral tube to run out the vent pipes. The said vent pipes are found to permit the escape of the air entrapped into the tubes so that the discharge of water from the series of spiral tubes in the discharge pipe forms a continuous "OutflOWing stream. The inner ends of the spiral tubes at the point where they meet the discharge pipe are preferably curved to one side as indicated at 48, thus facilitatin the easy flowing of the water from thesai tubes into the discharge pipe. Y

A wheel of this construction is especially Well adapted for use in streams having a fair degree of flow and makes it possible to utilize theforce of the current with a device which is entirely mounted upon the land. The spirals are so arranged with respect to the ventpipes' that the water is always resting upon the closed side of the spiral instead of upon the side which is tapped by the vent p1 e.- I

ft will be understood ofcourse that the edges of the derricks and the guy ropes or braces will hold the wheel in proper relation to the surface of the stream. The device where it is used in tide waters will also re quire some adjustment because of the differences of thetides. "For holding the wheel against the action of the current of the stream one or more guy ropes or stay lines 50 may be used and secured to arms 51, extending from the shaft'of the Wheel outwardly between its sections to pointsbeyond its periphery. The outer ends of such ropes or lines are secured in any desired manner upon thebank of the stream.

" What I claim is: 7

Lil water wheel for streams, comprising a paddle membera tubebearing member, means for supporting the same, spiral tubes mounted in said tube bearing member having open outer ends adapted to scoop up water from the stream, and vent pipes apertured at right angles in one turn of said spiral tubes, passingrto and extending alongthe next outer spiral turn and having a vent opening on its outer end, opening in the direction of progression adapted to release air entrapped insaid spiral tubes.

2. A water wheel construction, comprising paddle wheels and water taking tubes carried thereby, a hollow shaft'adapted to receive water from the said tubes, a laterally adjustable arm supported atone end in a pivoted frame, a stationary frame provided In Witness that I claim the foregoing I with means adapted to support the other end of said arm, links connecting the shaft of the paddle Wheel to said arm, and means for moving said arm in the direction of its axis to permit adjustment of the Wheel to variations of Water level.

day of March, 1912.

Witnesses:

E. STADTMAN, EARLE R. POLLARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

have hereunto subscribed my 1 mine this 26th JAMES O. MoINTOSH. 

